November 18, 2015
A new study shows that most black millennials know someone who has been harassed by police, while most young whites do not. A 400-pound Eric Garner died while being arrested and put in a choke hold by police in Staten Island, New York.
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Most Black Millennials Know Someone Harassed by Cops, Majority of Young Whites Don’t: Survey Says
Police brutality is something that young blacks not only read about in newspapers -- they actually live it, suggests a new study. Just more than half of African American millennials polled for the study indicated that they or someone they knew suffered harassment or violence from police, according to the “Black Millennials in America” report.